diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8ffb2002..5ee5440e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.1.1 (2012-10-16 10:25:18) dev
+Version 2.1.1 (2012-10-16 10:34:32) dev
diff --git a/gluon/shell.py b/gluon/shell.py
index 4a336ba4..2ad019fa 100644
--- a/gluon/shell.py
+++ b/gluon/shell.py
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ def run(
     adir = os.path.join('applications', a)
     if not os.path.exists(adir):
         if sys.stdin and not sys.stdin.name == '/dev/null':
-            c = raw_input('application %s does not exist, create (y/n)?' % a)
+            confirm = raw_input('application %s does not exist, create (y/n)?' % a)
         else:
             logging.warn('application does not exist and will not be created')
             return
-        if c.lower() in ['y', 'yes']:
+        if confirm.lower() in ['y', 'yes']:
 
             os.mkdir(adir)
             w2p_unpack('welcome.w2p', adir)